The City’s Death Roll for the
Year 1889.

THE SILENT MAJORITY -- The City’s Death Roll for the
Year 1889.

The Rate of Mortality But Three-Quarters of One
Per Cent.

Never within the history of the city of Kokomo has her
rate of mortality been so low
as it was during the year just passed.

In 1888 there were but 101 resident deaths and the rate
of mortality was only one per cent. Considering that the
average death rate of
the United States is 1.28 per cent and about 1.33 per cent for Indiana,
Kokomo
had reason for congratulation on her exceeding low rate for 1888.

But now with a population of 12,000 we have but 92
resident deaths for 1889, or a trifle over 76 per cent. This
is indeed a mortuary
low-water mark, and it places Kokomo at the very head of all Indiana
cities and towns for general healthfulness. Our
superior system of perfect sewage and the effort of the authorities to
keep the city in a good sanitary condition during the warm months have
doubtless done
much to bring about this much-desired result. Furthermore, we
have had no contagious diseases of epidemic character,
for which all hearts are thankful. All in all, the city has
never enjoyed such good health nor has her rate of mortality ever been
so low as during the old year. The roster of the dead for
1889 is as follows:

MISCELLANEOUS.

The month of the least deaths was
October, when but 5 occurred, while July recorded 19 — the highest
death rate of the year.

To physicians especially will the
causes of death be instructive. Consumption heads the list,
closely followed by premature births,
lung fever, and cholera infantum. This has been the ratio for
years, and it shows that in this climate the lungs are
the chiefest objective point for attack of disease.